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Twitter roundup
Brendan Nyhan Sep 30, 2010 at 3:26pm From my Twitter feed (9/27-9/29) BrendanNyhan Sep 29, 2010 at 5:07am Shorter Thomas Friedman: The "real Tea Party" wants … everything I want http://j.mp/dnFmoh The New York Times > Log In BrendanNyhan Sep 28, 2010 at 7:22pm John Dingell is taking no chances — even with a safe
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Twitter roundup
Brendan Nyhan Sep 30, 2010 at 3:27pm Twitter roundup (9/24-9/27) BrendanNyhan Sep 27, 2010 at 5:29am Contra Jay Cost, modern presidents typically pursue "ideological goal[s] of the party elite" http://j.mp/ck9e6Q See e.g. http://j.mp/dbWbxo Morning Jay: Obama’s Falling Numbers, How To Read The Polls, The Jon Corzine Effect, and More! | The Weekly Standard The Myth
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Twitter roundup
Brendan Nyhan Sep 30, 2010 at 3:27pm From my Twitter feed (9/23-9/24) BrendanNyhan Sep 24, 2010 at 6:13am Unlike CBS, Gallup finds party favorability is even http://j.mp/9FjTln – more evidence that major GOP gains are coming http://j.mp/aJ90aI Republican, Democratic Party Favorability Identical at 44%Americans rate the Democratic and the Republican Party equally favorably at 44%,
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Twitter roundup
Brendan Nyhan Sep 30, 2010 at 3:28pm From my Twitter feed (9/21-9/23) BrendanNyhan Sep 23, 2010 at 4:49am Unusual to see people called out by name: "Conservative pundits like Glenn Beck have questioned Mr. Obama’s Christianity" http://j.mp/9TnyCR BrendanNyhan Sep 23, 2010 at 4:44am NYT claims Summers said "women might lack an intrinsic aptitude for math
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The zombie myth of presidents “not connecting”
Former Vice President Walter Mondale is the latest public figure to fall victim to the impossible-to-kill myth that the predictable decline in President Obama’s political standing is the result of a failure to “connect” rather than structural factors: Mondale recalled that President Carter, as his standing in the polls slid, “began to lose confidence in
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Is Sarah Palin like Hillary Clinton or Dan Quayle?
Is Sarah Palin the frontrunner for the 2012 GOP nomination? That’s the claim that’s been made by some prominent commentators (here, here, and here), but it’s wildly premature. There’s a reason that the Intrade futures market currently puts the odds of Palin winning the nomination at 18% (behind Mitt Romney and John Thune) — in
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Twitter roundup
Brendan Nyhan Sep 30, 2010 at 3:28pm From my Twitter feed (9/20-9/21) BrendanNyhan Sep 21, 2010 at 6:44am .@smotus finds Dem HCR opponents in conserv. CDs are 3 pts ahead of HCR supporters, but caution required on causality http://j.mp/coYBA6 Enik Rising: How much did the health care vote hurt? BrendanNyhan Sep 20, 2010 at 4:57pm
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Brendan Nyhan Sep 30, 2010 at 3:28pm From my Twitter feed (9/17-9/20) BrendanNyhan Sep 17, 2010 at 6:31am Barry Pump has more on GOP unfavs — we’re in uncharted territory (much worse #s than Dems, contradicts generic ballot) http://j.mp/9Qks2B On party favorability and the midterm elections — Barry Pump’s Blog BrendanNyhan Sep 18, 2010 at
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Banner ad on NYTimes.com compares tea party/Nazis
Dear New York Times – Please don’t allow banner ads like this on your site (click image for larger version): It’s absurd and offensive to compare the Tea Party to “Nazi Brownshirts”; also, the grammar is wrong. Thanks, Brendan
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Twitter roundup
Brendan Nyhan Sep 30, 2010 at 3:29pm From my Twitter feed (9/14-9/17) BrendanNyhan Sep 17, 2010 at 3:35am Why people are angry in one sentence: "median family incomes in 2009 were 5 percent lower than in 1999" http://j.mp/crGLjD The New York Times > Log In BrendanNyhan Sep 16, 2010 at 12:26pm RT @daveweigel O’Donnell wanted